
Plant Manager
UFP Industries · Coatesville, PA
- Level
- Manager
- Team
- Production
- Industry
- Industrial
- Posted
- Recently
The role in 30 seconds
A management production role at UFP Industries (industrial) in Coatesville, PA.
- Tools it names
- EHS / safety
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How this role compares
Against 12 other live production postings in Pennsylvania.
- Experience asked
- Not stated
Similar roles usually ask 7+ years.
Skills these teams ask for most
- Team leadership 46%
- Lean 38%
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Stands out: this posting asks for EHS / safety, which few similar roles mention. If you have it, lead with it.
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How to get in at this plant
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Pick 2–3 people on the Production team at UFP Industries
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- 2
Send a short, curious note
One real question about their work. No favors yet. Each person gets a different note, written for this role.
- 3
Turn a reply into a short call
Questions worth asking about this team:
- What does a normal week look like on your team?
- How did you land the job? What stood out in your interviews?
- 4
Apply with someone vouching for you
If the call went well, ask whether they’d pass your résumé to the hiring manager. Send your résumé link, apply that day, and let them know.
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Bring proof to the interview
One page of before-and-after numbers from projects you led: scrap, OEE, cycle time, cost. Plant managers hire on results.
This plant: UFP Industries in Coatesville
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Full description from UFP IndustriesAs posted on their careers site.ShowHide
Responsibilities
- ◆Ensures that all plant assets are properly managed and safeguarded.
- ◆Staffs, develops, and coaches the production management team, evaluates performance, and initiates corrective action as required.
- ◆Develops and/or approves the master production schedule and shipping schedule as well as coordinating production activities between shifts and other functions.
- ◆Assists in developing capital expenditure recommendations.
- ◆Establishes quality standards for operations and initiates and manages quality improvement initiatives.
- ◆Ensures the plant is properly staffed to meet production levels and goals.
- ◆Monitors plant output, cuts/yields and scrap to ensure efficient resource utilization and initiates corrective action as required.
- ◆Ensures appropriate production data is entered into the system.
- ◆Establishes the use of raw material, work-in-process, and finished goods and coordinates inventory
requirements
with management consistent with inventory levels/turnover goals and coordinates month-end inventories.
- ✓Responsible for ensuring the yard meets Company conditions and is laid out for efficient operations.
- ✓Analyzes production operations and initiates corrective actions to ensure efficient product flow.
- ✓Monitors expenses, reviews P&L and other financial and business documents to compare to budget and initiates corrective action as required.
- ✓Manages activities of the Maintenance Department.
- ✓Ensures the plant complies with HR Company policies and procedures and Federal, State and local laws, rules and regulations.
- ✓Participates as an active member of the plant Safety Committee and ensures that plant operations are consistent with Company and OSHA policies, practices, and procedures.
- ✓Prepares various reports as required.
- ✓Performs other duties as required .
Qualifications
- ✓Minimum of two years of work experience as a production manager or equivalent is required.
- ✓Preferred experience and knowledge of UFP’s organization, culture, and product lines
- ✓Working knowledge of Microsoft Office, including Excel, Word, and Outlook
- ✓Forklift operator certification is required
- ✓Working knowledge of shipping truck capacities
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Plant Manager is responsible for the overall management and coordination of plant operations consistent with cost, profit, quality, and productivity objectives. Works under the general direction of the RDO or DO.
